Hawaii Foodbank, through its network of island food banks and their local food pantries and meal programs, is providing food assistance to more than 123,000 households encompassing 287,000 Islanders—or one in five island residents—including 47,894 keiki and over 46,000 kupuna.

·35 percent of client households have a child under 18 and/or a senior member 60 years or older.

·A majority of Hawaii Foodbank network agencies (59 percent) are faith-based or located in a religious institution.

·In a typical month, nearly 3500 volunteers contribute more than 6 hours of their time to food programs across the Hawaii Foodbank network. That’s more than 247,000 hours of donated labor across the Hawaii Foodbank network over the course of a year.

Hunger in America 2014 is the largest, most comprehensive study ever conducted on domestic hunger-relief efforts.

·Hunger in America 2014 uses rigorous academic research standards and was conducted by Westat, recognized as one of the foremost research and statistical survey organizations in the United States. This study was also peer reviewed by a technical advisory team including researchers from American University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Urban Institute.